Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base
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Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base is a major NATO installation in Germany best known as the main operating base for the alliance’s Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWACS) fleet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Geilenkirchen NATO Air Base canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
NATO installation
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military air base ⓘ |
| affiliation | NATO Allied Air Command Ramstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| allianceRole |
command and control support
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strategic surveillance hub ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| garrison | NATO E-3A Component NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAircraftType | Boeing E-3A Sentry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommunicationCapability | long-range command and control links ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
accommodation and support infrastructure
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maintenance facilities for E-3A aircraft ⓘ operations and mission planning centers ⓘ |
| hasMission |
airborne surveillance
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airspace control support ⓘ battle management support ⓘ |
| hasParking | AWACS aircraft aprons ⓘ |
| hasRunway | Runway 09/27 ⓘ |
| hasUnit | NATO E-3A Component Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hosts |
multinational NATO personnel
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support units for AWACS operations ⓘ |
| IATACode | GKE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ICAOCode | ETNG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Geilenkirchen
NERFINISHED
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North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ western Germany ⓘ |
| near |
Aachen
NERFINISHED
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border with the Netherlands ⓘ |
| opened | early 1980s as NATO AWACS base ⓘ |
| operator |
NATO
NERFINISHED
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NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Programme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousUse | former German Air Force base ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
airborne early warning and control operations
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main operating base for NATO AWACS fleet ⓘ |
| runwayLength | approximately 3000 metres ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | asphalt ⓘ |
| securityStatus | controlled military installation ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
key base for NATO air surveillance over Europe
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supports NATO crisis response operations ⓘ |
| timezone | Central European Time ⓘ |
| timezoneDST | Central European Summer Time ⓘ |
| usedBy |
E-3A Sentry AWACS aircraft
NERFINISHED
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NATO E-3A Component NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn |
NATO air policing and reassurance missions
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NATO operations over Afghanistan ⓘ NATO operations over the Balkans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command
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